New Book: Community Based Participatory Research for Health

Posted by on December 6, 2002

Community Based Participatory Research for Health

Edited by Meredith Minkler
and Nina Wallerstein

Foreword by Budd Hall

?This volume marks a new milestone in the history of participatory research. Drawing largely from pathbreaking work in the field of public health, the editors have created a resource that will be of interest to scholars and practitioners around the world who are seeking to create more democratic, community-driven approaches to research, public policy and social action.?
– John Gaventa, Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

ISBN: 0-7879-6457-3 $45.00 Available in November 2003

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Meredith Minkler and Nina Wallerstein have brought together in one important volume a stellar panel of contributors who offer a comprehensive resource on the theory and application of community based participatory research. Community Based Participatory Research for Health contains information on a wide variety of topics including planning and conducting research, working with communities, promoting social change, and core research methods. The book also contains a helpful appendix of tools, guides, checklists, and sample protocols.

MEREDITH MINKLER is professor of Health and Social Behavior, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley and assistant to the vice chancellor for National and Community Service.

NINA WALLERSTEIN is director of the Master?s of Public Health Program, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.